The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) offers student lessons on various legal topics. First-time users must create an account using law school’s authorization code.
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit consortium of law schools that researches and develops computer-mediated legal instruction and supports institutions and individuals using technology and distance learning in legal education. Provides over 1,000 interactive legal tutorials, lessons, and quizzes and a variety of law school subjects. Lessons are arranged by topic, subject outline (smaller topics within a large subject), and casebook.
In order to access the lessons, you must first register using an Touro Law CALI authorization code (see a librarian for the code).
- Go to cali.org and click Create new account.
- During the registration process, enter the authorization code where prompted. This is the only time you'll need the authorization code.
- Finish the registration process, creating your own CALI username and password in the process.
Accessing CALI Resources/Materials
- Go to www.cali.org
- In the upper right hand corner of the screen, click on Login.
- Enter the email password you created at registration.
- At the main menu at the top of the screen, select Lessons, or use the search box at the top of the screen. and then choose a specific lesson. CALI lesson are organized into categories such as First Year/1L, and 2L/3L classes. Each subject area will lead to a wide variety of topics in a subject area. The Lessons by Subject Outline matches up traditional subtopics within courses to corresponding CALI Lessons.
- Click on Run Lesson to start the tutorial.
